List of NFL on Fox commentator pairings

These are the following announcer pairings for the NFL on Fox program.

1990s

1994

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen
3. Kevin Harlan/Jerry Glanville
4. Joe Buck/Tim Green
5. Thom Brennaman/Anthony Muñoz
6. Kenny Albert/Ron Pitts
7. Mike Breen or Steve Buckhantz or Eric Clemons/Marcus Allen or Merril Hoge

1995

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen
3. Kevin Harlan/Jerry Glanville
4. Joe Buck/Tim Green
5. Thom Brennaman/Ron Pitts
6. Kenny Albert/Anthony Muñoz
7. Mike Breen or Steve Buckhantz or Eric Clemons or Terry Bradshaw/Bill Maas or Karl Nelson or Jimmy Johnson

1996

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen
3. Kevin Harlan/Jerry Glanville
4. Mike Breen or Joe Buck/Bill Maas
5. Thom Brennaman or Sam Rosen or Kenny Albert/Ron Pitts
6. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
7. Eric Clemons or Sam Rosen/Scott Case or Jim Burt

1997

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen
3. Kevin Harlan or Paul Kennedy/Jerry Glanville
4. Joe Buck, Paul Kennedy or Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
5. Thom Brennaman, Sam Rosen, or Steve Grad/Ron Pitts
6. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
7. Eric Clemons or Sam Rosen or Paul Kennedy/Trevor Matich or Ray Bentley
8. Sam Rosen/Ray Bentley

1998

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden/Suzy Kolber^[1]
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen
3. Sam Rosen/Jerry Glanville
4. Tim Ryan/Bill Maas and Ronnie Lott
5. Ray Bentley or Josh Lewin/Ron Pitts
6. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
7. Curt Menefee/Brian Baldinger
8. Steve Buckhantz/Trevor Matich

1999

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden/D. J. Johnson^[2]
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen/Pam Oliver
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
4. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
5. Ray Bentley or Josh Lewin/Ron Pitts
6. Curt Menefee or Scott Graham/Brian Baldinger
7. Scott Graham or Thom Brennaman or Paul Kennedy/Dave Lapham or Jeff Lageman

2000s

2000

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden/D. J. Johnson^[3]
2. Dick Stockton/Matt Millen/Pam Oliver
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
4. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
5. Ray Bentley/Ron Pitts
6. Curt Menefee or Scott Graham/Brian Baldinger
7. Thom Brennaman or Scott Graham or Doug Bell or Nick Halling or Drew Goodman/Dave Lapham or Jeff Lageman
8. Scott Graham or Josh Lewin/Billy Ray Smith or James Lofton

2001

1. Pat Summerall/John Madden/Ron Pitts^[4]
2. Dick Stockton/Troy Aikman and Daryl Johnston/Pam Oliver
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
4. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
5. Ray Bentley or Curt Menefee/John Jurkovic or Jeff Lageman or Ray Bentley
6. Curt Menefee or Joe Buck/Brian Baldinger
7. Doug Bell or Dan Miller or Scott Graham or Paul Kennedy/Sean Jones or Dave Krieg
8. Scott Graham/D. J. Johnson

NOTE: 2001 was Pat Summerall's final year of commentating NFL games full time, as his retirement was announced earlier that year. 2001 was also John Madden's last year of commentating on Fox, as he moved to ABC to commentate Monday Night Football alongside Al Michaels.

Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth replaced Pat Summerall and John Madden as the number 1 announcing team.

2002

1. Joe Buck/Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth/Pam Oliver^[5]
2. Dick Stockton/Daryl Johnston/Ron Pitts
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
4. Kenny Albert/Tim Green
5. Curt Menefee/Tim Ryan
6. Pat Summerall/Brian Baldinger
7. Ron Pitts/Dave Krieg, John Jurkovic, Dwight Clark, or Marv Levy
8. Dan Miller or Scott Graham or Drew Goodman/Mark Carrier or Sean Jones

2003

1. Joe Buck/Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth/Pam Oliver^[6]
2. Dick Stockton/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas
4. Kenny Albert/Brian Baldinger
5. Curt Menefee/Tim Green
6. Ron Pitts/Tim Ryan
7. Dan Miller or Dave Pasch or Chris Myers/Andre Reed or Kelly Stouffer or Dale Hellestrae or Bill Romanowski
8. Scott Graham or Dan Miller/J.C. Pearson or Dale Hellestrae

2004

1. Joe Buck/Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth/Pam Oliver^[7]
2. Dick Stockton/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas/Dan Jiggetts
4. Kenny Albert or Dan Miller/Brian Baldinger/Chris Myers
5. Curt Menefee/Tim Green/Amy Van Dyken
6. Ron Pitts/Tim Ryan/Rich Cellini
7. Thom Brennaman or Dan Miller or Kevin Slaten/Jason Garrett or J.C. Pearson
8. Dan Miller or Spero Dedes/Erik Kramer or Dave Wannstedt

2005

1. Joe Buck or Dick Stockton (during MLB Playoffs)/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver^[8]
2. Dick Stockton/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Sam Rosen/Bill Maas/Chris Myers
4. Kenny Albert or Matt Vasgersian/Brian Baldinger/Jay Glazer
5. Curt Menefee/J. C. Pearson
6. Ron Pitts/Tim Ryan
7. Thom Brennaman or Matt Vasgersian or Craig Shemon/Terry Donahue or Erik Kramer or Tim Green or Jesse Palmer
8. Carter Blackburn/Howard Griffith

2006

1. Joe Buck or Dick Stockton/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver^[9]
2. Dick Stockton or Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Kenny Albert or Chris Myers or Pat Summerall/Brian Baldinger/Jay Glazer
4. Sam Rosen or Thom Brennaman/Tim Ryan or Charles Davis/Barry Alvarez/Chris Myers
5. Matt Vasgersian/J. C. Pearson or Tim Ryan
6. Ron Pitts or Dan McLaughlin/Terry Donahue or Jesse Palmer or Tony Boselli/Laura Okmin
7. Josh Lewin or Steve Byrnes or Pat Summerall or Brad Sham or Matt Devlin/Bill Maas or Dale Hellestrae

NOTE: For the 2006 season (the first after James Brown left to return to CBS as host of The NFL Today), Fox experimented with a traveling pre-game show, hosted by Joe Buck from the site of the game to which he was assigned. Half time and postgame was hosted by Curt Menefee.

2007

1. Joe Buck or Kenny Albert/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver
2. Kenny Albert or Matt Vasgersian or Thom Brennaman/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Dick Stockton or Chris Myers or Pat Summerall/Brian Baldinger
4. Sam Rosen/Tim Ryan/Chris Myers
5. Matt Vasgersian or Matt Devlin/J. C. Pearson
6. Ron Pitts/Tony Boselli
7. Chris Rose or Thom Brennaman or Matt Vasgersian/Terry Donahue or Tim Hasselbeck
8. Chris Myers/ Rod Woodson or Jason Sehorn

• During Week 3 of the regular season, Thom Brennaman and Tim Hasselbeck filled in for Chris Rose and Terry Donahue.

• During Week 4 of the regular season, Ron Pitts filled in for Matt Vasgersian.

• During Week 5 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Dick Stockton.

• During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Kenny Albert filled in for Joe Buck who was calling MLB playoffs on Fox.
  • During Week 6 and 7 of the regular season, Matt Vasgersian filled in for Kenny Albert, who was filling in for Buck.
  • During Week 6 of the regular season, J. C. Pearson did not call any games.
  • During Week 7 of the regular season, Matt Devlin filled in for Matt Vasgersian, who was filling in Kenny Albert.

• During Week 8 of the regular season, Thom Brennaman filled in for Kenny Albert. This game was the London game between the NY Giants and Miami Dolphins.

• During Week 11 of the regular season, Chris Myers paired with Rod Woodson.

• During Week 14 of the regular season, Pat Summerall paired with Brian Baldinger, while Dick Stockton paired with Terry Donahue.

• During Week 17 of the regular season, Matt Vasgersian paired with Terry Donahue.
  • During Week 17 of the regular season, Chris Myers paired with Jason Sehorn.
  • During Week 17 of the regular season, Matt Devlin paired with J. C. Pearson.

2008

1. Joe Buck or Dick Stockton/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver
2. Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Dick Stockton or Matt Vasgersian/Brian Baldinger/Laura Okmin
4. Sam Rosen or Chris Myers/Tim Ryan/Chris Myers
5. Matt Vasgersian or Chris Rose or Chris Myers/J.C. Pearson/Nischelle Turner
6. Ron Pitts/Tony Boselli/Charissa Thompson
7. Thom Brennaman/Brian Billick/Danyelle Sargent
8. Chris Rose/John Lynch/Krista Voda (Weeks 12 and 17 only)

• Brian Billick joined the pairing of Dick Stockton or Matt Vasgersian/Brian Baldinger on Weeks 2-5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, when he was not scheduled a game with Thom Brennaman.

• During Week 4 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Matt Vasgersian.
  • During Week 5 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Sam Rosen.
  • During Week 5 of the regular season, J.C. Pearson did not call any games.
  • During Weeks 5-8 of the regular season, Matt Vasgersian filled in for Dick Stockton while Stockton was filling in for Buck.

• During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Dick Stockton filled in for Joe Buck, while Buck was calling MLB playoffs for Fox.
  • During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Chris Rose filled in for Matt Vasgersian, while Vasgersian was filling in for Stockton.

2009

1. Joe Buck or Thom Brennaman/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver
2. Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Thom Brennaman or Chris Myers/Brian Billick/Charissa Thompson
4. Dick Stockton/Charles Davis or Trent Green/Laura Okmin
5. Sam Rosen or Chris Myers/Tim Ryan/Nischelle Turner or Laura Okmin or Charissa Thompson
6. Ron Pitts/John Lynch/Nischelle Turner or Laura Okmin
7. Chris Myers or Chris Rose/Trent Green or Ross Tucker
8. Matt Vasgersian/Ross Tucker (Week 17 only)

• During Week 5 of the regular season, Chris Myers paired with Charles Davis, while Dick Stockton was calling MLB playoffs for TBS.

• During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Thom Brennaman filled in for Joe Buck, while Buck was calling MLB playoffs for Fox.
  • During Weeks 6,7,8 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Thom Brennaman, while Brennaman was filling in for Buck.

• During Weeks 10, 14 of the regular season, Chris Rose filled in for Chris Myers0

• During Weeks 13, 15 of the regular season, Trent Green filled in for Charles Davis
  • During Week 13 of the regular season, Ross Tucker filled in for Trent Green, while Green was filling in for Davis.

Note: November 8, 2009 (Week 9) featured a special 2-hour pregame show originating in Afghanistan. The regular Fox NFL Sunday crew hosted the pregame show; Chris Rose served as studio host and anchored in-game highlights. John Lynch and Trent Green served as studio analysts for the halftime and postgame reports.

2010s

2010

Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver became Fox's longest-tenured broadcast team, surpassing the team of Pat Summerall and John Madden.

1. Joe Buck or Thom Brennaman/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver
2. Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Thom Brennaman or Chris Myers/Brian Billick/Charissa Thompson
4. Dick Stockton or Chris Myers/Charles Davis and Jim Mora/Laura Okmin
5. Sam Rosen/Tim Ryan/Chris Myers or Jennifer Hammond
6. Ron Pitts/John Lynch/Nischelle Turner
7. Chris Rose or Chris Myers/Kurt Warner or Torry Holt or Jim Mora
8. Chris Rose/Ross Tucker/Jaime Maggio (Week 13)

Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick and Terry Bradshaw, announced the Pro Bowl game with Tony Siragusa and Jay Glazer roaming the sidelines.

• During Week 5 of the regular season, Chris Myers paired with Charles Davis, while Dick Stockton was calling MLB playoffs for TBS.
  • During Weeks 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 of the regular season, Jim Mora did not call any games.
  • During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Thom Brennaman filled in for Joe Buck, while Buck was calling MLB playoffs for Fox.
  • During Weeks 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Thom Brennaman, while Brennaman was filling in for Buck.

• During Week 11 of the regular season, Chris Myers filled in for Chris Rose.

• During Week 12 of the regular season, Torry Holt filled in for Kurt Warner.

• During Week 13 of the regular season, Jennifer Hammond filled in for Chris Myers, who paired with Kurt Warner.

• During Week 14 of the regular season, only two field reporters worked this week, Pam Oliver and Tony Siragusa.
  • During Week 14 of the regular season, due to a snowstorm in Minnesota, the team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver called the NY Giants at Minnesota Vikings game in Detroit on Monday night at 7:20PM instead of its scheduled 1 PM start on Sunday in Minnesota.

• During Week 17 of the regular season, Chris Myers paired with Jim Mora.

2011

1. Joe Buck or Thom Brennaman/Troy Aikman/Pam Oliver
2. Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston/Tony Siragusa
3. Thom Brennaman or Sam Rosen/Brian Billick/Laura Okmin
4. Dick Stockton or Craig Bolerjack/John Lynch/Jaime Maggio
5. Chris Myers/Tim Ryan/Drea Avent (Avent joined in week 3)
6. Ron Pitts/Jim Mora/Jennifer Hale or Drea Avent (Avent joined in week 9)
7. Sam Rosen/Chad Pennington/Jody Jackson (Jackson joined in week 9)
8. Gus Johnson/Charles Davis/Tim Brewster (Weeks 4)

• • During Weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Thom Brennaman filled in for Joe Buck, while Buck was calling MLB playoffs for Fox.
  • During Weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 of the regular season, Sam Rosen filled in for Thom Brennaman, while Brennaman was filling in for Buck.
  • During Week 4 of the regular season, Craig Bolerjack filled in for Dick Stockton, while Stockton was calling MLB playoffs for TBS.

See also

• List of NFL on CBS commentator pairings
• List of NFL on NBC commentator pairings

References

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External links

• Eye On Sports Media: NFL Broadcast Assignments
• Fox Sports Unveils Its 2010 NFL Announcing Lineup